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Trevor Zegras' 3-point night powers Flyers past Predators
Trevor Zegras notched two goals and an assist, propelling the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Thursday.,Matvei Michkov collected two assists for the Flyers, who improved to 5-1-0 in their past six games. Philadelphia's Jamie Drysdale and Travis Konecny a...
Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero power Magic past Hornets for 1st road win
Franz Wagner scored 21 points, while Paolo Banchero and Anthony Black each added 20 points, leading the Orlando Magic to their first road win of the season with a 123-107 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night.,Orlando shot 51.7% from the field and made 16 3-pointers. The Magic, who lo...
Jannik Sinner advances, Taylor Fritz upset at Paris Masters
There isn't much Jannik Sinner has yet to achieve as a young tennis phenom, but on Thursday he sewed up a new first by advancing to the quarterfinals of the Rolex Paris Masters for the first time.,The No. 2 seed played for the second straight day following a first-round bye and defeated Argentina's ...
Raptors, Cavs aim to right ship in NBA Cup opener
After playing their first five games in four different cities, the Cleveland Cavaliers will be able to sleep in their own beds for the next week.,Cleveland begins a three-game homestand Friday against the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Cup opener for both teams.,The teams are part of East Group A with t...
Top Esports advance to World Championship semifinals
Top Esports defeated G2 Esports 3-1 on Thursday to advance to the Knockout Stage semifinals at the $5 million League of Legends 2025 World Championship in Beijing.,Top Esports opened with a 30-minute win on blue and G2 answered with a 32-minute win on red. Top Esports finished with back-to-back 29-m...
Hye-Jin Choi rides bogey-free round to lead in Malaysia
Hye-Jin Choi carded an 8-under 64 to seize a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Maybank Championship on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,The South Korean recorded an eagle at the par-5 third hole and her sixth birdie on the par-5 18th at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course)....
Ja Morant hits winner in final seconds as Grizzlies edge Suns
Ja Morant had 28 points including the winning basket with 7.6 seconds remaining, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 18 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the host Phoenix Suns 114-113 to extend the Suns' losing streak to four.,Cedric Coward and Santi Aldama had 14 points apiece off the bench and Kentavious C...
Sub Nathan Ordaz's late goal lifts LAFC past Austin FC
Nathan Ordaz scored in the 79th minute Wednesday night and Los Angeles FC knocked off visiting Austin FC 2-1 for a 1-0 lead in the teams' best-of-3 first-round Western Conference playoff series.,Coming on in the 74th minute for Mathieu Choiniere, Ordaz made the instant impact coach Steve Cherundolo ...
Austin Reaves' buzzer-beater carries Lakers past Timberwolves
Austin Reaves made a driving jump shot at the buzzer to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 116-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Reaves finished with 28 points and 16 assists to lead Los Angeles, which won despite playing without injured stars LeBron James and ...
Blazers nearly squander 22-point lead, hold off Jazz
Jrue Holiday scored 27 points and hit four key free throws in the final seconds to lift the visiting Portland Trail Blazers to a 136-134 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.,Deni Avdija added 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists, Shaedon Sharpe and Jerami Grant each scor...
Nikola Jokic's 4th straight triple-double lifts Nuggets over Pelicans
Nikola Jokic had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to extend his triple-double streak to four games to start the season, and the host Denver Nuggets used a 29-2 run to start the third quarter and beat the winless New Orleans Pelicans 122-88 on Wednesday night.,Jokic has 168 career triple-doubles...
Mavericks bench comes up big in win over Pacers
Brandon Williams' 20 points led a 64-point night from Dallas reserves, and rookie Cooper Flagg recorded a double-double as the Mavericks sent the visiting Indiana Pacers to their fourth consecutive loss in a 107-105 decision on Wednesday.,Dallas lost big man Anthony Davis a little more than midway t...
Trey Yesavage fans 12, moves Blue Jays to brink of World Series title
LOS ANGELES -- Rookie Trey Yesavage dominated with 12 strikeouts, Davis Schneider hit a home run on the opening pitch and the Toronto Blue Jays moved one victory away from a championship with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday.,Yesavage, who made hi...
Bulls blow past Kings in Zach Levine's return to Chicago
Matas Buzelis scored 27 points, and Josh Giddey and Nikola Vucevic both notched double-doubles to help the surging Chicago Bulls defeat the visiting Sacramento Kings 126-113 on Wednesday.,At 4-0, the Bulls have matched their best start since 2021-22.,Playing the second night of a back-to-back, the K...
Blue Jackets breeze despite 500th goal from Leafs' John Tavares
The Columbus Blue Jackets' third line celebrated a big game on Wednesday in a 6-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, who saw John Tavares notch his 500th career goal in the lopsided loss.,Cole Sillinger scored his first two goals of the season and tied his career high with his fifth three-po...
Hawks overcome Trae Young injury to beat winless Nets
Jalen Johnson highlighted a 23-point showing with a dunk from near the foul line in the fourth quarter as the Atlanta Hawks overcame an injury to Trae Young along with an early 12-point deficit to hang on for a 117-112 victory over the winless Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night in New York.,Nickeil Al...
Emma Sears' hat trick propels USWNT past New Zealand
Emma Sears notched her first professional hat trick and Catarina Macario recorded a brace to help the United States women's national team roll to a 6-0 rout of New Zealand in an international friendly on Wednesday night at Kansas City, Mo.,Rose Lavelle also had a goal and Michelle Cooper had two ass...
Cade Cunningham scores 30 to carry Pistons past Magic
Cade Cunningham poured in 30 points and handed out 10 assists as the host Detroit Pistons pulled away from the Orlando Magic, 135-116, on Wednesday night.,Cunningham scored 19 of his points in the second half during the Pistons' fourth victory in their last five games. Tobias Harris had 23 points, w...
Jaylen Brown, Celtics pull away from Cavaliers
Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 30 points and Josh Minott had 11 points and 14 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 125-105 Wednesday night., ,Brown was 12-of-20 from the field, and made 4-of-9 3-point attempts. Eight Boston players scored in double figures., ,...
Kevin Durant pours in 31 as Rockets coast past Raptors
Kevin Durant scored 12 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter Wednesday night and the visiting Houston Rockets defeated the Toronto Raptors 139-121 for their second straight win.,Jabari Smith Jr. added 25 points for Houston. Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson added 18 points each. Tari Eason scored 14...